produce electric cars using a non-traditional sales model

Source: www.theverge.com

Electric cars are expensive, so are iPhones. To reach the mass market there is a new sales model needed like the one Apple found.

“We view the data as your data,” Butler said. “We at Ford are merely stewards of that data on your behalf. We’re not doing anything without your informed consent and permission.”

Source: www.cnet.com

Sounds reasonable enough for the average teenager to trust. How many people really know what “their” data is, let alone combined with the car data?

Toyota announced that it is investing US $1 billion over the next five years to establish a new R&D arm headquartered in Silicon Valley

Source: spectrum.ieee.org

Yes nice hair. and $1B is a lot of money. Must be a good market for Toyota to move this aggressively in US.

“In the past you could take a knife and cut the brakes. But today you can hack a car remotely with a PC like you can hack an online store or a bank account,” Helmbrecht added.

Source: www.euractiv.com

The EU is just part of the effort to solve automotive cyber security. Can this be solved by governments or the private sector? Both will try since it is such as popular topic, albeit very complex.

We’re basically one of four places in the United States where this is going to be happening first,” Frey said

Source: wfla.com

The states continue to race for Federal funding to prove V2X works, of course it does – with limitations. Good to see at least one automaker on board, GM.

https://www.youtube.com/v/otSNZboiniU?fs=1&hl=fr_FR

While some love the idea and others fear it, most experts agree that the road to autonomy will not be a straight one.

Source: www.youtube.com

In a good discussion during the LA Auto Show, I think the agreed “hype” will result in some very useful innovations in safety. The carmakers are taking the lead before they get regulated by governments unaware of the engineering limitations.

Combined, we call this “V2x.”

Source: blogs.intel.com

Along with the rest of the automotive and transportation industry, Intel is aligned on messaging. Execution? 

Over 90 percent of drivers surveyed in the United States have expressed a desire to use a vehicle equipped with a V2X system

Source: safecarnews.com

It would be good to have a world standard for V2X, which would include China. Question is, will consumers pay or the taxpayers?

“For 100 years, automobiles have been a mechanical engineering industry,” said the center’s director, Dragos Maciuca, who on his morning commute drives past a nearby research center of German automotive electronics and parts supplier Bosch. “Now, there is the shift to software — and the mecca of software is Silicon Valley.”

Source: www.mercurynews.com

How much software will it take to launch autonomous cars into the real world? A lot, and it seems the industry is investing heavily to be first to market. A lot different than the DSRC thing very few know about.

Should mention that I will be interviewing people personally and Autopilot reports directly to me. This is a super high priority

Source: safecarnews.com

Talk about personal attention from one of the most noted industry figures in automotive. I’d expect a long line of applicants.